Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
EDMUND BURKENothing in progression can rest on its original plan. We may as well think of rocking a grown man in the cradle of an infant.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.
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A populace never rebels from passion for attack, but from impatience of suffering.
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The great inlet by which a colour for oppression has entered into the world is by one man’s pretending to determine concerning the happiness of another.
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Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
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In history, a great volume is unrolled for our instruction, drawing the materials of future wisdom from the past errors and infirmities of mankind.
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Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
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The grave is a common treasury, to which we must all be taken.
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People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
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Power gradually extirpates from the mind every humane and gentle virtue.
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Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
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He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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Evil prevails when good men fail to act.
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Great men are never sufficiently shown but in struggles.
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The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
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